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ArticleGlobal advances in health and medicine2020

Impact of Intravenous Vitamin C and Endolaser Therapies on a Pediatric Brainstem Glioma Case.

Ivette M Solís-Nolasco, Gilberto Caraballo, Michael J González, José Olalde, Raul H Morales-Borges

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Article in Global advances in health and medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Ivette M Solís-NolascoDepartment of Interdisciplinary Studies, College of Natural Sciences, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico.
Gilberto CaraballoCentro Medico Regenerativo, Bayamon, Puerto Rico.
Michael J GonzálezDepartment of Human Development, School of Public Health, University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
José OlaldeCentro Medico Regenerativo, Bayamon, Puerto Rico.
Raul H Morales-BorgesIntegrative Optimal Health of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3469-3074
University of Puerto Rico at Bayamón · PRPuerto Rico Department of Health · PRUniversity of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras · PRUniversity of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus · PR

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Abstract

Pediatric cases of a brainstem glioma are one of the most difficult tumors to treat. In children, this type of cancer is perhaps the most dreaded of cancers due to its poor prognosis, yet it remains an area of intense research. In the case presented herein, conventional chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatments were not showing any improvement. The patient was then treated with high-dose intravenous vitamin C (IVC) and endolaser therapy. A significant reduction in glioma's size was achieved in 2 months with this adjunct therapy. These results present a possibility of decreasing brainstem glioma progression with adjuvant IVC and endolaser therapy.

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brainstem gliomaintravenous laser therapyintravenous vitamin Cpediatric cancer

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